Senior Finance Business Partner

Salary: £90,000 - £95,000 per annum (Dependent on skills & qualifications)

Perks & Benefits: Competitive pension scheme - Enhanced maternity/paternity pay - Life assurance - HolidayPlus - Cycle2work Scheme & more

Reference: REQ4282

We are looking for….

A Senior Finance Business Partner to collaborate and support the Southern Operations Regional management, to provide financial insights, analysis, and support for decision-making, strategic planning, and performance improvement. This includes financial planning, budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and identifying opportunities for cost savings and revenue enhancement.

We deliver safety, warmth, and comfort to homes and businesses across the community. Whether you're supporting from the office or working on the front line, every role plays a part.

How you’ll support us on our mission to keep people safe and warm…

• Be the first port of call for the regional management for Operations division, for all things related to Finance.
• Partner with the regional management and their team to drive and influence strategic decision-making (e.g., long-term business planning, project portfolio analysis, internal cost management, balancing risk, etc.)
• Act as a trusted and accessible point of contact providing commercial and financial decision support, proactively challenging costs by understanding cost drivers and provide insight into functional costs and strategic initiatives, enabling the most cost effective and efficient operation
• Lead financial analysis, exercising a strong understanding of the business to determine the best method for achieving strategic objectives
• Work with the shared services team to define management reporting requirements to support conversations. Interpret complex information (financial data, relevant financial legislation, financial policies etc.) to determine the impact of financial decisions and effectively translate to business leaders
• Provide financial leadership during the periodic forecasting and budgeting process ensuring the business can meet its targets in an optimal way, as well as during business meetings and periodic reviews
• Advise senior managers on actual performance against budgets and forecast
• Develop and maintain new management information to aid regional Operations
• Lead the analysis and interpretation of regular timely financial information to enable business leaders to understand business performance, taking action where necessary to improve performance going forward in order to meet financial commitments
• Use excellent communication skills to support and influence stakeholders across the organisation
• Build partnerships and maintaining strong relationships with senior managers
• Mentor more junior members of staff

What you’ll need

We’re looking for a blend of skills and attributes that make you a great fit for this role. If you don’t tick every box, don’t worry - we provide tailored learning and development programs to help you grow and succeed with us.

Should be CIMA/ACA/ACCA qualified and it would be preferable to have a degree.

The technical skills and job knowledge/experience essential in this job are:

• Excel and computing skills
• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Advanced financial and accounting knowledge
• Relevant degree/5+ years previous experience
• Experience of coaching/mentoring/people management

And the critical competencies and behaviours required are:

• Strong team player
• Highly Collaborative, yet suitably challenging
• Ability to deliver in a high demand environment.
• Ability to deal with large volumes of data
• Ability to 'tell the story’ in a concise and effective manner, adapted for the audience
• Ability to efficiently manage changing deadlines and quick turnarounds in information
• Commercial acumen